Salad Jars are here!

Gardening, Herbs, Nutrients, Organic

Salad jars are so convenient! Do you like to eat nutritious vegetarian salads for lunch but just don’t have the time to prepare them? Wait ‘til you taste these salads – they are expeditious, they are delicious, and best of all they are nutritious. Simply shake them...

Herb of the Week – Elder

Gardening, Herbalist, Herbs, Organic

ELDER (Sambucus nigra) I think Elder may be becoming my favourite tree herb. I have had the absolute pleasure these past couple of weekends of spending time with Elder, picking her beautiful little black berries and a few flowers for a couple of projects. Both the...

Organic Food

Gardening, Nutrients, Organic, Pesticides

I read a post on Facebook the other day that truly shocked me. The article was about Monsanto’s Roundup and the Californian case where the jury found Monsanto liable in the case of a man with cancer allegedly caused by his exposure to Roundup. He was awarded $US289...

Herb of the Week – Echinacea

Gardening, Herbalist

ECHINACEA (Echinacea spp.) Echinacea is pretty well known as a North American Indigenous herb used for immune support during the cold and ‘flu season. Traditionally it was used for snake bite and according to well-known herbalist Mrs Grieve, it was used for boils,...

Kombucha – A Personal Story

Herbalist, Herbs, Nutrients

When I first started drinking Kombucha Tea 30 years ago, I was told it was a great tonic and something to give the kids when they had colds. My neighbour in NZ passed on the instructions and SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast) which we knew as Manchurian...